User talk:Hispalois

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[edit] WikiProject Polymers

Yippee!!! We have a new member in our WikiProject! Welcome aboard! --HappyCamper 14:10, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Polybutadiene

Hi. I noted your comment in your edit to Polybutadiene. Polybutadiene is definitely an elastomer or a rubber. It certainly does not resemble many of the other plastics listed. However, "plastic" is not well defined in the first place. A better term would be "polymer" but that wikipedia article does not focus on hydrocarbon based synthetic polymers. That said, how does polybutadiene not fit the definition of Plastic?

Plastic covers a range of synthetic or semisynthetic polymerization products. They are composed of organic condensation or addition polymers and may contain other substances to improve performance or economics. There are few natural polymers generally considered to be "plastics". Plastics can be formed into objects or films or fibers. Their name is derived from the fact that many are malleable, having the property of plasticity. Plastics are designed with immense variation in properties such as heat tolerance, hardness, resiliency and many others. Combined with this adaptability, the general uniformity of composition and light weight of plastics ensures their use in almost all industrial segments.

--Rifleman 82 14:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Hi Hispalois. I've copied our discussion to Talk:Plastic so that other contributors may participate in this discussion. Hopefully we can come up with more ideas and reach a consensus on how to classify polymers. --Rifleman 82 22:59, 24 July 2006 (UTC)